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EasyOCR vs Adobe Acrobat OCR

EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only EasyOCR supports bounding boxes, confidence.

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EasyOCRjaided/easyocrAdobe Acrobat OCRadobe/acrobat-ocr
TypeOpen sourceOCR API
Price1 credit / page14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$1.00$14.00
Typical speed0.9 s / page2.0 s / page
Best forQuick scripts and scene textSearchable PDFs in Acrobat
InputsimagesPDF, images
Languages80+ languagesMajor European and Asian languages
Max pages per request1001,000
TablesNoNo
HandwritingNoNo
MathNoNo
Bounding boxes✓ YesNo
Confidence✓ YesNo
FormsNoNo
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
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Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.

What each one is

EasyOCR

Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.

EasyOCR details

Adobe Acrobat OCR

OCR built into Acrobat desktop. Adobe PDF Services API also offers OCR. Price is an estimate.

Adobe Acrobat OCR details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "jaided/easyocr",
  "fallbacks": ["adobe/acrobat-ocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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